GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- "I'm a glazer," said Robert Cole, explaining his job at Alternate Energy Technologies. "It's like an assembly line, and I'm at the final stage of it."

Cole works, manufacturing solar thermal panels at AET in Green Cove Springs. He just heard about a different solar company closing in St. Augustine, STR Holdings, leaving 45 people without jobs this week.

Some users trying to access bankofamerica.com get a message that the home page is temporarily unavailable.

Spokeswoman Tara Burke says customers experiencing slowness or who can't get through should keep trying. She says the access problems are a result of the bank managing traffic volume during peak use. She declined to say whether volume has surged in recent days.

Problems began on Friday, a day after the bank said it would start charging a $5 monthly fee for customers using debit cards. Burke insists there's no connection. Burke says there's been no hacking and no customer information was compromised.

Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., is the biggest U.S. bank by deposits.

According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics Florida was 2nd in the Nation for mass layoffs in the month of August. In this report each “Mass Layoff” is defined as the layoff of at least 50 employees from a single workplace.

The three states affected the worst by mass layoffs were:

1.California - having 251 Mass Layoffs

2. Florida- having 78 Mass Layoffs

3. New York - having 71 Mass Layoffs

Across the Nation there were more than 1,500 mass layoffs affecting more than 170,000 employees in August.

The Bureau of Labor statistics for August also showed that Florida was one of four states with the highest increase in employment for the month.

Green Cove Springs, Fla. --The Council on Aging of Clay County is extremely excited to announce the groundbreaking ceremony on September 27, 2011 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. for the expansion and renovation of the Green Cove Springs, center and administrative offices.

The new center will be called Spring House. It is an exciting time for all of Clay County and will greatly benefit our seniors.